Disk distributing or assorting machine.



APPLICATION FILED AUG-IQ- I9I3- Patented July 31, 1917.

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DISK DISTRIBUTING 0R ASSORTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILD AUG. 19, I913.

Patented Jul 31, 1917.

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DISK DISUTING OB ASSOBTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed August 19, 1913, Serial No. 785,487.

To all whom it-m'ay canoe m:

Be it known that I, ALVARO BQERA, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Richmond, city and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Disk Distributing orAssorting Machines, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to machines for asserting or distributing corks,crown seals, and cork disks or washers or like articles which Ihereafter refer to as disks. The disks are so distributed or assortedthat they may be readily and thoroughly inspected, being turned over sothat all sides are exposed to view and the defective or objectionableones may be removed. I Referring to the accompanying draw- 1n iigure 1is a side-view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a plane view, Fig. 3 a sideview of the machine with the table shown in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is anenlarged sectional view of the distributing apparatus. Fig. 5illustrates an enlarged viewof the means for adjusting the height of thestep.

The receptacle 1 for receiving the disks carries within it the conveyer2. The sides 3 of the receptacle 1 are preferably inclined so that itslower edge is inside of the outer edges of the conveyer 2.

The conveyer 2 is preferably endless and flexible and I prefer to use acanvas or rubber belting. The conveyer passes successively over therollers 4 and 5, over the shaft 6, under the shaft 7, over the roller 8,and then backto the roller 4. At 9 the conveyer, passing fi'om the shaft6 to shaft 7, forms a step in the conveyer. The step at 9 must be adusted so that a disk may turn over in passing down it.

The roller 10. as shown ribbed is used to distribute crown seals and ispreferably made of iron. In distributing ordinary bottle corks a smoothroller is used in place of theribbed roller 10 and preferably made ofwood. In distributing cork disks or washars a ribbed wooden roller 10 isemployed.

The roller must in all cases be of suflicient diameter to allow thedisks, but one deep, to

pass under it on the conveyer 2.

It will be seen that the conveyer is divided into sections by therollers and shafts. The first section is between the roller 4 and theroller 5, the second between the roller 5 and the shaft 7 and the thirdbetween the shaft 7 and the roller 8. I

The shaft 6 isfluted and is driven by a belt from the shaft 11. Thisfluted shaft 6 keeps the conveyer 2 taut and assists in feeding it andin the preferred construction 1s always of an outer diameter less thanthe greatest diameter of the particular individual disks beingdistributed whereby an abrupt turn is formed and the tendency of thedisks to cling to the conveyer is overcome. With this arrangement it isunnecessary to provide any additional means for reversing the disks.

' In order to accommodate disks of varying sizes the step at 9 isadjustable by removing the bolts a and placing under the bearings ablock a, of suitable thickness to bring the shaft 6 and the conveyerwith it, to the position desired. The roller 8 is made adjustable toregulate the slack on the conveyer by adjusting the screw bolts 6. Atthe end of the belt I place a receptacle 0 into which the disks aredropped when the conveyer passes around the roller 8. Attendants at themachines remove the defective disks, and may 1 drop them through thefunnels e, 6', into the receptacles (Z, d. The roller 4 is driven bysuitable means such as the shaft 7 and driving wheel 7''. The roller 10is driven from the wheel f by means of the belt 9 throughshaft 11. Theshaft 6 is driven by the shaft 11 through the belt h. Underneath theconveyer 2 I place a brush 12 driven by the wheel 7 through the belt a.The brush 12 roughens the conveyer so that the disks will grip it.

The disks, in an indiscriminate mass, are placed in the receptacle 1 andon the conveyer 2. As the conveyer moves in the dicarried over what Ihave heretofore called the first section of the conveyer to the roller10. The roller 10 permits the disks to pass under it, but one deep, tothe second section section of the conveyer removing the defec vtive orobjectionable ones. The disks are motion shown by the arrow the disksare dropped into the receptacle 0 as the conveyer passes around theroller 8.

' The attendants seiecting the defective objectionable disks may dropthem into the receptacle d, d through the tunnels e, e. In adjusting themachine to sort ordinary bottle corks, the inclination of conveyer inthe receptacle 1, should be adjusted at such an angle, so that the corkswill be carried along on the conveyer.

What I claim is:

1. In combination, in a machine for dis nesaeei thichess of two disksand greater than the thickness of one disk whereby the disks aredistributed singly over the conveyor and a step. in the conveyer wherebythe disks are reversed.

4. in a machine for distributing disks in combination a conveyer adaptedto carry disks distributed singly over its surface, a pair of rollerssupporting said conveyor and forming a step therein, the diameter of atleast one of said rollers being less than the greatest diameter of theindividual disks carried by said conveyor.

5. In a machine for distributing disks, in combination, a conveyor,means for distrib uting the disks over'the conveyor, '2. step in theconveyer, said conveyer being free from obstructions at the step,whereby the disks.

may be turned by falling directly from the surface of the conveyor. Y

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALVARQ BOERA. Witnesses A. KLEIN, Barron J. Bones.

